Governor: Gov. John Lynch (D)
announced on Sept. 15, 2011 that he would not seek re-election.
Former
State Sen. Majority Leader Maggie
Hassan
(D) defeated attorney Ovide
Lamontagne
(R), who has run in several statewide races, and
frequent candidate John
Babiarz
(L) by 54.61% to 42.52% and 2.77%.U.S. House: In both
districts there were rematches of the 2010 races, and in both districts
the Democrat prevailed. In the 1st CD, former
Rep.
Carol Shea-Porter
(D)
defeated Rep. Frank Guinta
(R) by
171,650 votes (49.75%) to 158,659 (45.99%) and 14,521 (4.21%) for
Brendan Kelly (L).
In the 2nd CD, Ann McLane Kuster (D), who
had lost by 3,551 votes in 2010, defeated Rep.
Charlie Bass (R)
by
169,275 to 152,977 and
14,936 for Hardy Macia (L). The balance goes from 2R, 0D to 2D, 0R. Including the
two U.S. Senators, New Hampshire becomes the first state with an all
female congressional delegation.State Legislature:
Republicans controlled both chambers of the General
Court (House 288R
102D, 10v acc. NCSL or 293R, 103D, 2I, 2v according
to Ballotpedia and
Senate 19R, 5D).
All seats were up. Democrats achieved dramatic gains, taking
control of the House 221D,
179R
and
narrowing
the
margin
in
the Senate to 13R,
11D.Ballot Measures: Voters
weighed
in
on
three ballot questions. The
New
Hampshire
Income
Tax
Amendment,
a legislatively-referred
constitutional amendment which would have placed a ban on personal
income
taxes in the state constitution, failed to achieve the two-thirds
support required; the vote was 57.1% to 42.9%.

Overview:Both candidates were well known
to New Hampshire voters. in particular, former Gov. Mitt Romney
could count the Granite State as one of his home states; he owns a home
on Lake Winipesaukee, had waged two primary
campaigns here, and served as governor of neighboring
Massachusetts. When the votes were counted Obama/Biden prevailed with a
plurality of 39,643 votes (5.58 percentage points). Obama carried
seven counties to three for Romney (Rockingham, Belknap and Carroll).General Election
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With all
the attention focused on the Republicans, the Democratic primary was a
quiet affair. Obama won with 49,080
votes. His closest competitors were Republican write-ins Paul
(2,289), Romney (1,815), and Huntsman (1,238).

2008
OverviewBy Nov. 2008 Democrats had
obtained a slight voter
registration edge over
Republicans. Both the
major candidates were certainly well known to New Hampshire
voters. Noteworthy among the visits
were Obama's June 27 unity rally with Hillary Clinton in Unity and McCain's sentimental town
hall meeting in Peterborough on Nov. 2. Obama/Biden prevailed
with a
plurality of 68,292 votes (9.61 percentage points), carrying all 10
counties. Obama/Allies
|
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|
Nader

2004
OverviewNew Hampshire was
one of
the much-watched battleground states. It was the only state to
flip
from
red to blue, as Kerry gained a plurality of 9,274 votes (1.37
percentage
points) over Bush. Kerry finished ahead in six counties
(Cheshire,
Coos, Grafton, Merrimack, Strafford, and Sullivan) to Bush's four
(Belknap,
Carroll, Hillsborough, and Rockingham). (detailed
results) Kerry/Allies
|
Bush-Cheney
'04General
Election Details

2000
OverviewGov. Bush was
thumped by
Sen. McCain in the Feb. 1 New Hampshire Republican primary, but he
rebounded
in the Nov. general election, carrying this battleground state with a
plurality
of 7,211 votes (1.27 percentage points). Bush won 6 of the
state's
10 counties. In the most populous county, Hillsborough (includes
Manchester), Bush finished 3,024 votes ahead of Gore. Gore fared
best in Cheshire county (Keene) and Strafford county (Rochester and
Dover)
and narrowly won Merrimack and Grafton counties. Nader's 22,198
vote
showing may have tipped the balance to Bush. General
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